Ten more ideas for reducing the deficit and starting to pay off the national debt.
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March 8, 2010
Part one of our two part series on fixing the deficit focuses on legalizing the fun stuff.
February 2, 2010
One is a venerable American institution. The other is a speech.
December 28, 2009
The recent attempted bombing in Detroit highlights the failure of the military approach to fighting terrorism.
December 17, 2009
In the old days, when fatcats and politicians abused their authority, you could count on an angry mob to take them out. We could still use them today…
October 12, 2009
Anti-smoking forces are now working against people enjoying a smoke in their own homes.
July 24, 2009
Those who claim that Obama is a citizen rely too heavily on the metaphysical premise that reality is perceivable and knowable.
June 21, 2009
As the world waits to see the end result of the protests in Iran, it’s useful to see how successful previous revolutions have been at bringing freedom to their peoples.
May 25, 2009
The trends of modern society are careening civilization into a world of less privacy and less liberty. And there’s not much we can do about it.
May 20, 2009
President Obama could learn a lesson from the Donatist heretics in how to handle government officials who were involved in the torture of detainees.
May 4, 2009
In this dark hour, we remember the good times and the bad, the successes and failures, the rise and the fall, the life and the death, of Corporate America.
April 6, 2009
Both the Democrats and the Republicans are, to varying degrees, socialist, corporatist, and militarist.
March 19, 2009
Why market manipulation might be the most effective tool of social change ever tried.